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Silent3

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15. While I'm sure some Republicans in Congress are just as cultish...

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Sun Apr 24, 2022, 06:59 AM

Apr 2022

…as Republican voters at large, there are many (most?) who aren’t delusional at all. They just want power at any price.

Deprogramming cult members is hard enough. Deprogramming immoral naked ambition would be a much harder task.

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Jamie Raskin Says He Has Consulted Cult Experts To Communicate With Extremist Colleagues [View all] Nevilledog Apr 2022 OP

I'm giving it a less than 0% chance of them snapping out of their cult tendencies. ffr Apr 2022 #1

It's all about money. The cult would disappear if Republicans MerryBlooms Apr 2022 #2

Bless him for trying but these people Funtatlaguy Apr 2022 #3

Fuck em!! aeromanKC Apr 2022 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Apr 2022 #6

You can't de-program in a short time. You can only outnumber them and deny them real power. usonian Apr 2022 #5

They pretend like they're in a cult, but they're actually in 1984... Steven Maurer Apr 2022 #7

all he has to do is recognize the dittohead cult, the cult all these subcults depend on. unfortunate certainot Apr 2022 #8

Omg! I thought this was satire! Lunabell Apr 2022 #9

"Tut, tut. Pish posh and balderdash!" LuvLoogie Apr 2022 #10

Endearing NJCher Apr 2022 #13

Kickin' Faux pas Apr 2022 #11

They are hopeless, Jamie. smirkymonkey Apr 2022 #12

My experience in Germany in 1979 and 1989 no_hypocrisy Apr 2022 #14

Yep. The swift emergence of this in the last few years is evidence that it was always there, tanyev Apr 2022 #16

+1. Most senior officials in the Nazi regime were never prosecuted dalton99a Apr 2022 #17

While I'm sure some Republicans in Congress are just as cultish... Silent3 Apr 2022 #15